What did Donald Trump claim about the pandemic on 7 Jul 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We have the lowest Mortality Rate in the World.
Not the lowest. U.S. deaths were about 4.5 percent of cases, while South Korea reported 285 deaths among 13,181 cases and Singapore 26 among more than 44,000.
On the day of the post, the CDC reported 2,886,267 U.S. cases and 129,811 deaths, about 4.5 percent of cases. Singapore's Ministry of Health reported 26 deaths among more than 44,000 confirmed cases (4,240 active and 40,717 discharged) as of July 6, and South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare reported 285 deaths among 13,181 cases as of July 7: both far lower than the U.S. as a share of cases and in total deaths (CDC 'Cases in the U.S.'; Singapore Ministry of Health; Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare).
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- Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump).
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